Proverbs 5:3-8 Parallel Bible Translations

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	SLT Smith's Literal Translation	ESV English Standard Version	NIV New International Version
3	For the lips of the strange woman will drop droppings of the honeycomb, and her palate is smooth above oil:	For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil,	For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil;
4	And her latter state being bitter as wormwood; sharp as a two-mouthed sword.	but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.	but in the end she is bitter as gall, sharp as a double-edged sword.
5	Her feet go down to death; her steps will hold fast to hades.	Her feet go down to death; her steps follow the path to Sheol;	Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave.
6	Lest thou shalt make level the path of life, her tracks wavered; thou wilt not know.	she does not ponder the path of life; her ways wander, and she does not know it.	She gives no thought to the way of life; her paths wander aimlessly, but she does not know it.
7	And now, ye sons, hear to me, and ye shall not depart from the words of my mouth.	And now, O sons, listen to me, and do not depart from the words of my mouth.	Now then, my sons, listen to me; do not turn aside from what I say.
8	Remove far off from her thy way, and thou shalt not draw near to the door of her house:	Keep your way far from her, and do not go near the door of her house,	Keep to a path far from her, do not go near the door of her house,
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